Redefine Therapy Expressive Arts Retreat
April 30 – May 3, 2026
Villa Maria Education and Spirituality Center
Villa Maria, PA
registration Closes April 11th, 2025
Join us for our Annual Expressive Arts Retreat!
Featuring
- Labyrinth walks with Dr. Kellie Kirksey, public and private on Saturday afternoon
- Opening Dance with Dr. Jamie Marich Friday night
- Saturday morning yoga with Dr. Jamie Marich
- Dance Chapel Sunday morning with Alicia Hann
registration Closes APril 11th, 2025
Pre-Retreat Workshops
All day friday
Available as stand-alone workshops or to add-on to your retreat package.
Integrating Therapeutic Humor & Laughter with the AIP Model Model in EMDR Therapy
with Irene Rodriguez and Dr. Jamie Marich (EMDRIA & Select CE credits available)
This workshop is designed to create an environment for clinicians to enhance their understanding of Flash-based memory reconsolidation research and techniques in assorted clinical contexts and settings. Participants will learn a version of Flash specifically developed for complex trauma and for use in assorted contexts (individual sessions, group sessions, and as a critical incident intervention).
6 CE credit hours available
Reiki: Energetic Personal Care with Cosmo Thornton, RMT
(No CE credits; includes Reiki I & II attunement)
In this workshop we will look at ways to transform unhealthy avoidance strategies into conscious protection strategies. We will explore ways of creating spaces where intuition and empathy feel easy and natural.
No CE credit hours
Feeling the Call to Facilitate?
We are now accepting proposals!
Have you been thinking about crafting your own retreat session, leading a dance chapel or yoga session? If so, submit your proposal!
Retreat Package Options (April 25-27, 2025)
Pre-Retreat Workshop Optional Add-on (April 26th)
For those attending the retreat in-person, meals are included from Friday dinner through Sunday breakfast. If you are adding the extra night Thursday breakfast and lunch are also included on Friday. We ask you to disclose any special dietary requests or accessibility accommodations requests in the registration form.
registration Closes APril 11th, 2025
Preliminary Retreat Agenda
Redefine Therapy Expressive Arts Retreat 2026
| Day | Session | Time | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, April 24 | Early Arrival for Those Who Purchased an Extra Night | 5:30pm-9:30pm | Begel Hall West | ||
| Friday, April 25 | Breakfast (for Thursday overnight guests) | 8:15am-9:00am | |||
| Pre-Retreat Workshops (Optional) | 9:00am-4:30pm | Multiple | The Four Blinks Approach to Flash: Core Training and Creative Applications with Thomas Zimmerman and Lisa Glendinning (Mother Madeline) | Energy Management and Psychic Protection with John Michael Thornton and Dr. Jamie Marich (Discussant) (Begel Hall West) | |
| In-Person Retreat Arrivals | 4:00pm-7:00pm | Begel Hall West | |||
| Dinner | 5:30pm-6:00pm | ||||
| Free Time | 6:00pm-7:30pm | ||||
| Opening Orientation & Dance with Dr. Jamie Marich | 7:30pm-9:30pm | Mother Madeline | |||
| Saturday, April 26 | Morning Yoga | 7:30am-8:30am | Begel West | Morning Yoga with Leah Hartman (Begel West) | |
| Breakfast | 8:15am-9:00am | ||||
| Morning Sessions 1 | 9:00am-10:15am | Multiple | Finger Labyrinths: An Ancient Tool for Healing with Alix Amar (Mother Madeline) | Laughter: A Mindful Path to Joy and Nervous System Regulation with Irene Rodriguez (Begel West) | |
| Morning Sessions 2: | 10:30am-11:45am | Multiple | An Invitation to EMD Playbox: An Art Camp Community Experience for Wounded HealersÓ: Know Thyself and Be Well with Amy Mickle and Julie Pyle-Childs (Mother Madeline) | Calling All Saviors: Follow The Moon with Rev. Karla Fleshman (Begel West) | |
| Lunch Break | 12:00am-1:00pm | ||||
| Wellness Services Available TBA (Extra Fee Applies) | 1:00pm-7:00pm | Begel Hall West | |||
| Featured Afternoon Session | 1:30pm-4:00pm | Mother Madeline | Featured Afternoon Session: Hip Hop, Mental Health, and Me with Blaise Harris (Mother Madeline) | ||
| TBA or Free Time | 4:15pm-5:00pm | Mother Madeline | |||
| Dinner | 5:30pm-6:00pm | ||||
| Free Time | 6:00pm-7:30pm | ||||
| Evening Program with Spiral Rhythms Ensemble (In-Person) or Free Time | 7:30-9:00pm | Mother Madeline | |||
| Sunday, April 27 | Dance Chapel with Alicia Hann | 7:30am-8:30am | Mother Madeline | ||
| Breakfast | 8:15am-9:30am | ||||
| Morning Session | 9:30am-10:00am | Mother Madeline | Morning Session: Laughter Yoga with Irene Rodriguez (Mother Madeline) | ||
| Share Your Practice: Closing Program Led by Dr. Jamie Marich & Participating Facilitators | 10:00am-12:00pm | Mother Madeline | Share Your Practice, Facilitated by Dr. Jamie Marich | ||
| Departure |
FAQs
Do our participants have access to the pool this year?
We are still waiting on confirmation from The Villa on whether or not the pool will be available to us this year.
Are there any specialty COVID protocols?
None. However, you are welcome to mask if you would like.
Does ICM provide rides to and from the airport?
ICM does not provide rides to and from the airport. You are responsible for getting to and from the Villa. Transportation services such as Lyft or Uber can bring you to the retreat from the airport. These services can also get you to the airport, although you will need to find a ride into town (typically the WalMart parking lot) to get a ride back to the airport, as these services will not pick-up from the retreat center. There are also car rental services at the airport which may be a good option. Although ICM cannot officially offer or facilitate rides to retreatants,and cannot guarantee this to be the case, it is our experience that as folks meet and connect over the weekend people often find friends to carpool back to the airport with on Sunday.
I am curious about wellness services.
Closer to the retreat, we will send out more information about the wellness services that will be available for purchase on Saturday of the retreat, please stay tuned for more details about these wonderful services. We will officially open wellness service registrations at the beginning of the retreat Friday evening and will have sign-up sheets available.
Do you have any dietary restrictions or accessibility accommodations?
This year, you should have filled out any dietary restrictions that you may have on your registration form. However, if you are not sure, or if you have had a change in your dietary needs please feel free to reach out to us and we will be sure to record your request for accommodations for The Villa’s culinary staff.
In addition, we would appreciate knowing in advance if you have any accessibility accommodations including but not limited to having a room on the first floor or near an elevator, plan on bringing a service animal, need a safe space to store refrigerated medication such as insulin, etc. We appreciate knowing these things in advance so that we may better attend to your needs.